January is Alzheimer’s Awareness Month and the Alzheimer’s Society of Manitoba is helping raise awareness of Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia they cover and where to get the help or resources you may need once you, a family member, or a friend is diagnosed with the disease.

The society says that they are raising awareness of all the resources that they offer including educational services to help residents of the province when they find out a diagnosis has happened. 

These resources include:

• The society has six regional offices in order to serve the entire province and to help residents avoid having to only travel to Winnipeg for assistance.
• Many of the services are now online through zoom and can be found on their website here.
• They have recently hired a new regional coordinator for the Parkland whose name is Geoff VanMackelbergh. He can be reached at 204-638-4483 or by e-mail This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

The Manitoba Alzheimer’s Society would like to encourage those who have recently received a diagnosis or had a family member/friend receive one to reach out to them in order to get the help and support they may need from all the different resources they offer.  

The society hopes that getting the word out about these services will help end the stigma behind Alzheimer’s and the different forms of dementia.